No Escape by Heather Lowell

Author:Heather Lowell [Heather Lowell]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
ISBN: 9780060542146
Google: GtJTNJ6wQpAC
Goodreads: 705352
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 29

Santa Monica, California

Saturday morning, March 13

Tessa woke early Saturday morning and simply lay there enjoying the exhausted, well-loved torpor of her body as it was warmed by a patch of morning sun. Sometime during the night they had crawled under the covers, but that hadn’t stopped Luke from learning every inch of her body. Her face burned at the memories of him sliding underneath the sheets before dawn to wake her with the heat of his mouth between her thighs.

And then he’d cuddled behind her spoon fashion and made love to her again, this time with his body and his hands. The memory was woven through with dreamlike recollections of the sensations he’d evoked, feelings so intense that she’d buried her face in a pillow that smelled of him and screamed.

Luke Novak was a dangerous man, no doubt about it. She hoped there was good soundproofing in his house; otherwise, the neighbors had probably gotten an earful last night.

She continued to lie there with her eyes closed, not quite sure how they would face each other in the morning light after the things they had done. Of course, since the man clearly had no shame, it wouldn’t be a problem for him. But this level of intensity was completely new to her. For the first time in her life she sensed a serious threat to her peace of mind—and maybe even her plans for the future.

Disturbed, Tessa turned her back to Luke and curled up on her side.

Lying beside her, he didn’t need a degree in psychology to understand that he’d rushed her the night before, and now she was pulling away. He’d been eager to take their attraction to the next level, but he should have slowed down once he understood how gun-shy Tessa was about commitment. But he’d been so sleepy and content with her on the couch, so relaxed. All of his good intentions had vanished in a heartbeat once he’d seen the awareness in her eyes,

Well, it was too late to slow down now. Lucky for him he’d always been good at damage control.

Stretching slightly to ease the kinks in muscles that had gotten a thorough workout the night before, Luke figured a strategic disengagement would be in order. He’d keep things casual but affectionate. He’d need to give Tessa the impression that he was perfectly happy with whatever she was willing to give him, while at the same time tempting her into giving more.

Kind of like fishing—the idea would be to have the net ready to scoop her up before she was even aware that she was being hooked and reeled in. Of course, she’d be furious at the analogy, or at the idea that Luke was manipulating her in any way.

If he hadn’t been falling hard and willing to do anything to keep her around to explore those feelings, he might even have felt bad about his plan. For a little while, anyway.

But since he had her very best interests at heart, he figured that gave him a little leeway in terms of maneuvering around her commitment issues.

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